thread: 2012-06-18 : Moves as Jumping-off Points
On 2012-06-19, Vincent wrote:
David: Ugh. Serves me right for using the word "genre," I guess.
Well, everybody, you can take David's approach if you want to, nothing's stopping you. Just notice that it takes conflicts' escalation and resolution out of the hands of the characters and puts them in the hands of formula.
Most of the movies that work the way David describes are parodies.
